An account of the wildlife I come across and hopefully pictures to bring the account closer

Sunday, 27 November 2011

Sunday 27th. November 2011

Hedgelaying has been top of the pile recently , and so it will remain next week too , but today I did manage a look around the Common , and a check on the female Long-tailed Duck on the Trout Fishery at Hayes Farm .The Common produced a few fungi , which included ,

Black Bulgar or Rubber Buttons / Bulgaria inquinans ,

Gymnopilus penetrans , on a dead conifer that was also hosting Ivy ,

a cluster of the bracket Root Fomes / Heterobasidion annosum ,

but , by far the most common species found , was Butter Cap /Collybia butyracea .
The Trout Fishery was quieter than previous visits , but the female Long-tailed Duck is still in residence , and looking very happy in he environment , constantly diving to feed . The better weather

conditions, albeit windy , improved photographic opportunities , and a couple of new shots are

posted . Also caught in the better light , one of the male Wigeon .

Found whilst making my way to the Trout Fishery , a new fungi species for me , Calvatia

excipuliformis , a species similar to the Lycoperdon family , but much larger , as the 35mm. film canister shows .
Apart from the hedge itself , the only interest yesterday came when a Red Kite flew directly overhead . With a chainsaw running and with ear defenders on , I knew nothing about it , till it was well out of sight .